'Calm down!': The role of gaze in the interactional management of hysteria by the police

Discourse Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 745-770

  Kidwell, Mardi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Directives; Emotion; Gaze; Non verbal communication; Police; Repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849184960     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445606069328     Document Type: Article

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